SHE recently called for body-shaming to be made illegal, but Eamonn Holmes has said comments about Cheryl Fernandez-Versini's weight are simply out of concern.

The 32-year-old beauty took to Instagram last night with a lengthy post about the dangers of body-shaming, adding: "I think it's about time people just leave others alone with their unnecessary and unwanted opinions and judgments. #liveyourlife."

However, on This Morning today Eamonn disagreed with The X Factor judge, claiming the media and fans were simply voicing their concern.

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In the studio debating the topic were Sunday Mirror editor Alison Phillips and showbiz editor Nadia Mendoza, who is also part of The Self-Esteem team – a trio of women who give both parents and teenagers advice on mental health and body image.

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The star believes body-shaming should be made illegal

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Cheryl stepped out for her first public appearance since giving birth to baby Bear in March.

Agreeing with Eamonn, Alison said: "Cheryl is a national treasure, we've followed her career. It's concern more than anything."

Nadia also believed people were acting through worry, but added they were focusing on Cheryl's image because they are unable to talk about mental health.

"I do agree with Eamonn when you say that it's not necessarily body shaming, its concern. We don't have emotional vocabulary to talk about mental health so we talk about how people look'," she said.

"She's saying, 'I'm vulnerable', there needs to be a point where we back off."

Nadia added: "I think it's misdirection to constantly talk about the way she looks.

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Alison Phillips agreed comments were just concern

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Nadia said it was good that Cheryl was opening the conversation about how we discuss weight

"Part of the thing is the knock on effect it has. If people are seeing Cheryl critiqued for the way they look, young naturally slim girls will think there's something wrong with them. That can feed feelings of guilt and shame. At The Self-Esteem Team we try to celebrate all shapes and sizes.

She continued: "What Cheryl has said has opened the conversation of how we approach weight, and that should be with kindness. That's not PC gone mad, it's decency."